This project explores population movement in Roman Iberia through the rich epigraphic record from the region, as catalogued on the Hispania Epigraphica website. It draws primarily on funerary monuments that record the origin of individuals, together with votive offerings, dedications, and honorific inscriptions. Lucius Pecellius Aemilianus’ tombstone, for example, notes his origin in Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) yet when he died aged 47, he was commemorated over 700km away in Barcino (modern Barcelona) (HEpOnl 6675). Aemilianus was clearly a mobile individual who had left his hometown of Augusta Emerita and at some point in his life had made the journey to Barcino. Over 500 such inscriptions are catalogued and mapped on this website, enabling the visual exploration of the dynamics of population movement in Roman Iberia in a new way.
This project was funded through a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and the project team would like to thank the Leverhulme Trust for their generous support.
